 Simpson sent his brother Lt. AEmilius on the "Cadboro" to the Russian American capital of Novoarkhangelsk in 1829 to offer large stockpiles of foodstuffs annually to the Russian-American Company.However, the proposal wasn't accepted by Governor of Russian Colonies in America Pyotr Chistyakov.Nonetheless, Simpson and other officers still considered it a viable option, as historian John Semple Galbraith recounted